Within Reach, Yet Worlds Apart; the Distant Peak Loomed High

"Your strength isn't up to it, and you're still too slow. Are you waiting until they've all escaped?"

Just as the Snow Mosquito King was growing excited, Li Yan's voice suddenly rang in its ears.

The Snow Mosquito King shuddered and came to its senses. They were still in the middle of a fight.

The other four had already fled in four different directions, streaking away with all their might.

In less than two breaths, two cultivators had died. They hadn't even seen how the strongest of them, "Senior Brother Min," had fallen.

All they saw was the gray-robed young man holding Senior Brother Min like a dead fish, his waist bent and his limbs dangling. His chances looked grim.

On the other side, the Magic Beast had merely spat out a small glob of purple liquid. Their companion had blocked it once, screamed twice, then toppled over.

If they didn't flee now, were they supposed to stay and wait for death?

The Snow Mosquito King shouted toward one of them.

"Hey, fish! Don't run! I'm going to boil you, fry you, braise you, steam you..."

As it spoke, it turned into a streak of white light and shot away.

On the other side, Li Yan held the talisman the Min-surnamed cultivator had been clutching and examined it from every angle. He raised his head slightly and glanced at the Snow Mosquito King.

"Having refined one of the Disjointed Poison Body's poisons, it's grown fairly strong."

Li Yan's gaze flickered. The poison the Snow Mosquito King had refined was "Singing All the Way," a venom that could corrode all things and that Li Yan had used repeatedly during the sect tournament.

It seemed the Snow Mosquito King had made some progress with it.

If Li Yan had wielded it himself,